Humility’s Resistance to Germination

The audience had applauded with enthusiasm after the presenter’s slide show. The gardening program left the attendees buzzing and eager to put into practice what they had learned. With skill the presenter pulled questions from the boisterous crowd and interjected humor in her answers.
She was a renowned horticulturalist and landscape designer, and everyone knew it. She wrote for several magazines, web sites, presented at local universities, and at nearly every major garden event in five states

Margaret Rose lives an eremitic life, is a freelance writer with a Benedictine spirituality, a Certified Greenhouse Grower, Advanced Master Gardener, liturgical garden consultant, and workshop/retreat leader. She is the coordinator emeritus of the St. Francis Retreat Center Garden Society in DeWitt, Michigan. She has a master’s degree in communications.
She is the author of three books, and, in addition to writing at CatholicConspiracy.com, she is a regular columnist at CatholicMom.com and Aleteia.org.